Thesaurus / put screws to
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synonyms for put screws to
- inquire
- challenge
- quiz
- request
- demand
- grill
- needle
- hit
- investigate
- institute
- catechize
- pump
- interrogate
- direct
- examine
- sweat
- roast
- enjoin
- canvass
- query
- buzz
- cross-examine
- go over
- pop the question
- give the third degree
- hunt for
- pry into
- put the screws to
- put through the wringer
- pick one's brains
- annoy
- afflict
- torture
- overwhelm
- suppress
- vex
- trample
- maltreat
- harass
- prey on
- persecute
- subjugate
- torment
- pick on
- force
- distress
- dispirit
- tax
- smother
- strain
- hound
- worry
- crush
- overload
- overpower
- overthrow
- outrage
- overcome
- aggrieve
- sadden
- handicap
- wrong
- abuse
- plague
- burden
- press
- trouble
- dishearten
- saddle
- ride
- rule
- encumber
- harry
- put down
- beat down
- despotize
- keep down
- put the squeeze on
- put upon
- tyrranize
- weigh heavy upon
- press
- pressure
- encourage
- spur
- speed
- inspire
- influence
- coerce
- persuade
- bulldoze
- hurry
- motivate
- goad
- jolly
- oblige
- prod
- browbeat
- railroad
- squeeze
- constrain
- expedite
- kid
- impel
- strong-arm
- bear down
- egg on
- turn on
- goose
- steamroll
- dragoon
- exert influence
- fire up
- go to town on
- key up
- lean on
- overpress
- pour it on
- push around
- put the screws to
- put up to
- sell on
- speed up
- cheat
- pinch
- squeeze
- extort
- ream
- extract
- force
- do
- wrest
- bilk
- chisel
- oppress
- wring
- coerce
- wrench
- constrain
- exact
- bleed
- defraud
- pressurize
- hold a knife to
- shake down
- pinch
- extract
- wring
- extort
- bleed
- milk
- pressure
- wrench
- oppress
- eke out
- pressurize
- bring pressure to bear
- lean on
- shake down
- squeeze
- drain
- stick
- exhaust
- fleece
- rook
- impoverish
- confiscate
- extract
- strong-arm
- blackmail
- overcharge
- mulct
- skin
- deplete
- pauperize
- sap
- steal
- milk
- leech
- put the screws to
- imprison
- condemn
- sentence
- frame
- adjudge
- attaint
- rap
- doom
- put away
- bring to justice
- declare guilty
- pass sentence on
- pronounce guilty
- put the screws to
- send up the river
- send up
- throw the book at
- catechize
- check
- debrief
- examine
- grill
- inquire
- interrogate
- investigate
- pump
- question
- quiz
- scrutinize
- sweat
- ask pointed questions
- cross-question
- give the third degree
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- put on the hotseat
- put the screws to
- third-degree
- prosecute
- accomplish
- invoke
- require
- impose
- administer
- reinforce
- sanction
- apply
- implement
- carry out
- exert
- wrest
- commandeer
- necessitate
- coerce
- fortify
- expect
- dictate
- hound
- whip
- perform
- spur
- make
- compel
- goad
- emphasize
- lash
- urge
- oblige
- effect
- demand
- press
- discharge
- exact
- constrain
- extort
- execute
- strain
- fulfill
- drive
- impel
- stress
- administrate
- strong-arm
- support
- incite
- egg on
- dragoon
- crack down
- force upon
- insist on
- lean on
- put into effect
- extract
- wrest
- exact
- coerce
- elicit
- wring
- gouge
- force
- soak
- fleece
- get
- pinch
- skin
- milk
- obtain
- ice
- educe
- evince
- stick
- wrench
- clip
- demand
- sting
- squeeze
- bully
- bleed
- secure
- hold up
- make pay through nose
- put the arm on
- shake down
- pull one's leg
- urge
- charge
- move
- oblige
- require
- impose
- compel
- drive
- restrict
- pressure
- drag
- limit
- inflict
- demand
- press
- cause
- order
- make
- wrest
- necessitate
- insist
- coerce
- enjoin
- apply
- exact
- fix
- constrain
- draft
- overcome
- impress
- blackmail
- burden
- wring
- extort
- bind
- choke
- contract
- impel
- command
- obtrude
- occasion
- strong-arm
- enforce
- bear down
- sandbag
- pressurize
- conscript
- dragoon
- concuss
- shotgun
- bear hard on
- bring pressure to bear upon
- pin down
- put squeeze on
- interrogate
- roast
- interview
- inquisition
- question
- catechize
- cross-examine
- go over
- third degree
- give the third degree
- put the pressure on
- put the screws to
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- boost
- inspirit
- encourage
- leave alone
- yield
- let go
- help
- please
- make happy
- gladden
- benefit
- delight
- give in
- praise
- compliment
- release
- calm
- surrender
- assist
- comfort
- soothe
- aid
- overlook
- give up
- drop
- abandon
- miss
- let go
- give
- neglect
- forget
- check
- fail
- lose
- discourage
- leave alone
- stop
- halt
- forego
- disregard
- repress
- release
- ignore
- deter
- delay
- disapprove
- prevent
- dissuade
- refuse
- cease
- yield
- help
- neglect
- give
- allow
- forget
- leave alone
- let go
- halt
- check
- stop
- free
- discourage
- surrender
- aid
- permit
- prevent
- disallow
- release
- dissuade
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WORDS RELATED TO PUT SCREWS TO
- accomplish
- administer
- administrate
- apply
- carry out
- coerce
- commandeer
- compel
- constrain
- crack down
- demand
- dictate
- discharge
- dragoon
- drive
- effect
- egg on
- emphasize
- exact
- execute
- exert
- expect
- extort
- force upon
- fortify
- fulfill
- goad
- hound
- impel
- implement
- impose
- incite
- insist on
- invoke
- lash
- lean on
- make
- necessitate
- oblige
- perform
- press
- prosecute
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- put screws to
- reinforce
- require
- sanction
- spur
- strain
- stress
- strong-arm
- support
- urge
- whip
- wrest
- accomplishes
- administers
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- applies
- carries out
- coerces
- commandeers
- compels
- constrains
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- demands
- dictates
- discharges
- dragoons
- drives
- effects
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- executes
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- force upon
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- goads
- hounds
- impels
- implements
- imposes
- incites
- insists on
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- lashes
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- makes
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- obliges
- performs
- presses
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- puts into effect
- puts screws to
- reinforces
- requires
- sanctions
- spurs
- strains
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- strong-arms
- supports
- urges
- whips
- wrests
- accomplishing
- administering
- administrating
- applying
- carrying out
- coercing
- commandeering
- compelling
- constraining
- cracking down
- demanding
- dictating
- discharging
- dragooning
- driving
- effecting
- egg on
- emphasizing
- exacting
- executing
- exerting
- expecting
- extorting
- force upon
- fortifying
- fulfilling
- goading
- hounding
- impelling
- implementing
- imposing
- inciting
- insisting on
- invoking
- lashing
- lean on
- making
- necessitating
- obliging
- performing
- pressing
- prosecuting
- putting into effect
- putting screws to
- reinforcing
- requiring
- sanctioning
- spurring
- straining
- stressing
- strong-arming
- supporting
- urging
- whipping
- wresting
- apply
- bear down
- bear hard on
- bind
- blackmail
- bring pressure to bear upon
- burden
- cause
- charge
- choke
- coerce
- command
- compel
- concuss
- conscript
- constrain
- contract
- demand
- draft
- drag
- dragoon
- drive
- enforce
- enjoin
- exact
- extort
- fix
- impel
- impose
- impress
- inflict
- insist
- limit
- make
- move
- necessitate
- oblige
- obtrude
- occasion
- order
- overcome
- pin down
- press
- pressure
- pressurize
- put screws to
- put squeeze on
- require
- restrict
- sandbag
- shotgun
- strong-arm
- urge
- wrest
- wring
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.